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Re: working for

Living here all my life, some days I don't even notice how beautiful it is.

I think that the most correct way should be - Having been living all my life.

As far as I understand "living" can be used in this manner when spoken in the colloquial speech. Am I right on that?

I think that this is one of those situations in which style is more important than theoretical grammar. 'Living here all my life' is fine; 'having lived ...' is also OK; 'having been living ...' is ugly.

Re: working for

Originally Posted by Kotfor

I can't disagree. However, do you think if we approached it only from the theoretical grammar's point of view "living" wouldn't be the right option here?

Perhaps I used the wrong expression with 'theoretical grammar'. I think that the prescriptive grammarian would insist on 'having lived' - and that's almost certainly what I would say. However, (personal opinion only), I think that only a pedant would object strongly to 'living'.

If the speaker had actually moved elsewhere and returned for some occasion, then s/he would almost certainly say only "Having lived here (for) most of my life, ...". In that context, 'living' would be less acceptable.